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How do you organize your games?

I've been playing a ton of different games lately, specially indie ones, and it's getting a bit hard to keep them organized, I even forgot I had already purchased one and bought it a second time :(. It's fairly easy with steam games, but even then it starts to be a bit hard when you have more than 50 games. I also know that you can add non-steam games to your library, but Steam decides to delete them on random occasions which makes doing the whole process again kind of annoying. How do your keep your digital gaming library organized and easily accessible?

I simplify how I download and instal games:
steam games go into a 2TB partition (maybe two years before I might need to expand it).
GoG,Getgames and other digitally downloaded game installs go into a 4TB partition.

Before I buy a game outside of steam, I do a quick search in both partitions to make sure I don't repurchase the same game.

I simplify how I download and instal games:
steam games go into a 2TB partition (maybe two years before I might need to expand it).
GoG,Getgames and other digitally downloaded game installs go into a 4TB partition.

Before I buy a game outside of steam, I do a quick search in both partitions to make sure I don't repurchase the same game.

Like this but with different sized drives.

If it's not listed in steam or on one of these drives I don't own it. However, I rarely don't remember if I own a game or not.

Explore/strat (for open ended games like Civ)
Finished (self explanatory)
To finish/replay (things that got set aside or deserve revisiting)
To play (new/old titles that are currently untouched)
Playing (new/old titles currently actively being played)
Incoming (pre-order titles)

I essentially add everything to Steam (including Origin) that way I keep tabs on the lot.

Backlog - These are the games I have beaten exactly 4 times each.
Meh - The most stellar games my library has to offer. I play these daily.
Defeated - Haven't even downloaded.
Games - You can't get rid of this one--far as I know. It's home to Source: Filmmaker and the Garry's Mod 13 beta. Also, an all purpose shortcut I name whatever I wish to announce to my Steam friends. But really it just launches Notepad++.

I also have games on: GoG, GreenManGaming (well, not really, all of them are Steamworks games), Amazon, GameFly (Direct 2 Drive devolved into this, it's not my fault!) and Gamer's Gate. I'm quite confident I've never purchased something I already owned (on accident).

PS3: I have three physical games; one is on top of the PS3. The other two are on a shelf. Get on my level?

Also, I'm new here, hello. If I surpass 50 posts in the next year, I'll have surprised myself.